{"id":8149,"date":"2025-10-13T15:01:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T20:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/?p=8149"},"modified":"2025-10-13T15:01:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T20:01:16","slug":"clippings-october-13th-2025-tsp-media-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/2025\/10\/13\/clippings-october-13th-2025-tsp-media-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Clippings | October 13th, 2025 | TSP Media Report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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While efforts to censor children\u2019s media were common during the mid-20th century, they focused on targeting violent or sexual content and were often bipartisan. Recent research from Michael Macy<\/a> (Professor of Sociology at Cornell University), Adam Szetela<\/a> (Writer; Ph.D. in English), and Shiyu Ji<\/a> (Ph.D. Candidate at Cornell University) finds that censorship efforts are now more focused on political ideology (the political left targeting media that reinforces racism, sexism, and homophobia; the political right targeting media that promotes diversity or challenges traditional gender \/ sexuality norms). \u201cWhen each side attacks cancel culture on the other side, the attacks do not cancel out \u2013 they additively contribute to the restriction of freedom of expression,\u201d Macy commented. \u201cWhen people see \u2018freedom of expression\u2019 as just another weapon to use in the culture wars, it contributes to the problem of censorship by demeaning free expression as a core societal value.\u201d This story was covered by the Cornell Chronicle<\/em><\/a>.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Michael Macy<\/a>, Adam Szetela<\/a>, and Shiyu Ji<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Emine Fidan Elcioglu<\/a> (Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto) wrote an article for <\/em>The Conversation<\/em><\/a> <\/em>discussing YouTube\u2019s role in the political education of young people in Canada. Elcioglu found that \u201cyoung people now form political beliefs through two competing knowledge systems: a hollowed-out university, and YouTube\u2019s attention economy.\u201d While universities tend to highlight structural explanations for inequality, conservative influencers on YouTube tend to offer simple narratives and emotionally charged content that feels<\/em> true.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Emine Fidan Elcioglu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Georgetown University lecture series on Gaza featured Martin Shaw<\/a> (historical sociologist and Professor Emeritus of International Relations and Politics at the University of Sussex) to discuss the process of defining genocides in legal courts. Shaw noted that \u201cthe relationship of war to genocide is a central paradox: Genocide must be distinguished from war, but it typically occurs within the context of war.\u201d He also discussed how the United States and Israel are very influential in international courts, making it difficult to resolve issues without the support of Western nations. \u201cThe problem here is not non-intervention, but deep intervention on Israel\u2019s side,\u201d Shaw said. \u201cInternational courts have been unprecedentedly active in this case, but they have also been unprecedentedly attacked by the United States and Israel and barely defended by Europe.\u201d This story was covered by The Hoya<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Andreas Reckwitz<\/a> (Professor of Sociology at Humboldt University of Berlin) wrote an op-ed for the <\/em>New York Times<\/em><\/a> <\/em>on modernity and loss. Reckwitz describes that \u201cthe ideal of modern society is freedom from loss\u201d and we presume constant innovation and increasing well-being in modern societies. However, Reckwitz argues that loss\u2013environmental loss, economic loss, and regressions of geopolitics\u2013is a \u201cpervasive condition of life in Europe and America.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Andreas Reckwitz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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